Columns
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'Ant-Man and the Wasp' a hilarious superhero comedy with hearts and smartsJul 03, 2018 6:00 am - “Ant Man and the Wasp” - ★ ★ ★ ½ This has to be the nuttiest, most ridiculous and best-executed superhero comedy in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or any...
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Sound check: Weezer, Pixies, Styx and Joan Jett coming to townJul 03, 2018 6:00 am - 'If you want to destroy my sweater ...' The mid-1990s were the playground of Weezer, the pop-alternative purveyors of “Undone - The Sweater Song,” “Say It Ain't So” and ...
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Constable: The U.S. struggles with identity as a 'Nation of Immigrants'Jul 03, 2018 5:30 am - The speech eighth-grader Mary Stuhr of St. Alexander Catholic School in Villa Park read to win an American Legion competition in 1951 called for America to be "the key t...
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John Deere Classic a boon for young prosJul 03, 2018 1:01 am - This is an ideal time for the top college golf stars to get a jump-start on their professional careers, and Illinois' Dylan Meyer has already done just that. After four ...
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The price of rejecting realityJul 03, 2018 1:00 am - One of President Donald Trump's most persistent and pernicious lies is that immigrants cause an increase in crime. That's not true. So his whole approach to immigration ...
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Feder: The Score cuts Brian Hanley as morning co-hostJul 03, 2018 1:00 am - Brian Hanley, a 26-year veteran of WSCR 670-AM, is not being renewed as morning co-host of the Entercom sports/talk station, insiders tell Robert Feder. No word from man...
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Blended family complicates grandmother's efforts to be fairJul 03, 2018 1:00 am - Q. My son-in-law has a 10-year-old daughter, "M," from a previous relationship. He and my daughter also have a 5-year-old daughter, "L," together. I have always been car...
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It was too easy to blame President Trump this timeJul 03, 2018 1:00 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. - It was far too easy to assume the worst - that the inevitable, finally, had come to pass. When news broke Thursday afternoon that a shooter had opened ...
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Fireworks added sparkle to celebrations for centuriesJul 02, 2018 11:00 pm - "Why do we use fireworks to celebrate July 4?" asked a teen bike enthusiast at the Libertyville Recreation Department's Teen Travelers Summer Biking Camp. As the night d...
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Who's in charge when you're not there?Jul 02, 2018 5:00 am - This column had its genesis when I, the client, called a service provider seeking what (to me) was some vital information. Unhappily, she was rolling along the highway t...